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Renew company card

  • Unternehmensstart und Gewerbezulassung

Is your company involved in the commercial transportation of goods or passengers and is your company card about to expire? Then you can apply for a follow-up card from the relevant office.

  • Basic information

    If the validity of your company card expires, you can

    • as an entrepreneur or
    • as an authorized representative or authorized person

    apply for a follow-up card.

    The company card is issued impersonally to your company and is valid for 5 years after personalization by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). You must apply for a new follow-up card in good time before the card expires. You can submit the application at the earliest 6 months before the expiration date.

    As a business owner, you are responsible for the proper use of the card or cards. You must also ensure that the company card is entered into the tachograph at the beginning and end of vehicle use for your company in order to assign the use of the vehicle to your company.

    Requirements

    • Your company uses vehicles that must be equipped with a digital tachograph.
    • Your company already has a company card that needs to be renewed.

  • Procedure
    • The application must be submitted by the entrepreneur/managing director/plant manager.
      • Please use the application form
    • You can send the completed application form and the required documents to the responsible office by e-mail
      • The e-mail address is kartenausgabe@gewerbeaufsicht.bremen.de
    • Once the application has been received, you will receive a cost notification containing all the details for the bank transfer.
    • Once the complete application documents have been submitted and payment has been received, the company card will be ordered from the Federal Motor Transport Authority.
      • This will be sent to you by post.

  • Necessary Documents
    • Application for a company card
    • Copy of business registration/extract from the commercial register
    • Copy of identity card/passport: front and back
      • Since a passport does not contain any information on the applicant's home address, a current registration certificate must also be submitted.
    • Birth and surname, first name, date of birth, place of birth (private address) of the appointed person (owner/managing director/plant manager)

  • Competent Department

  • Forms

  • Fees / Costs

    47,00 EUR

  • Deadlines & processing time

    What deadlines must be paid attention to?

    You can have your company card renewed at the earliest 6 months before it expires.

    How long does it take to process

    14 days

  • Legal Bases

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The official information in German is complete and correct. 18.05.2026

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